BELLEVILLE,Ill. (KSDK) – A 48-year-old local man has been charged with cruelty to animals after a dog was found dead in a doghouse outside of a home in the 400 block of 23rd Street.

Deputies said they saw two metal bowls filled with frozen water and covered in snow when they reached the property, and neighbors expressed concern that the animal hadn't been appropriately cared for.

Robert Dickerson is charged with cruelty to animals. He is currently being held on a $5,000 bond at St. Clair County Jail.

No additional information was immediately available.

A barge makes its way up the icy Mississippi River past the Gateway Arch on the St. Louis riverfront on January 8, 2014. Temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)

A front loader clears a mountain of snow from a parking lot in St. Louis on January 8, 2014. As St. Louis continues to dig out of a weekend snow storm, temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)

A barge makes its way up the icy Mississippi River on the St. Louis riverfront on January 8, 2014. Temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)

A barge makes its way up the icy Mississippi River on the St. Louis riverfront on January 8, 2014. Temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)

A barge makes its way up the icy Mississippi River on the St. Louis riverfront on January 8, 2014. Temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)

Two barges makes their way up the icy Mississippi River on the St. Louis riverfront on January 8, 2014. Temperatures have risen to a balmy 25 degrees after a frigid 10 degrees below zero to begin the week. UPI/Bill Greenblatt (Photo: BILL GREENBLATT UPI)